Candace

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Candace is a royal title from the Bible, ultimately deriving from the term kandake, a title for a queen or queen mother in the ancient African Kingdom of Kush; also meaning "pure and innocent".

From Wikipedia

Candace first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1991 with 175 babies (rank #196 that year). In 2024 it was given to 13 girls (rank #1,728). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Candace

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Candace yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,210
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
175
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1991175#196
1992175#188
1993142#215
199490#281
199587#330
199664#417
199754#465
199849#500
199925#828
200034#644
200141#583
200224#862
200316#1,184
200419#1,083
200515#1,323
200614#1,433
200714#1,506
200810#1,973
20098#2,371
201014#1,618
201111#1,865
201211#1,886
20138#2,385
201414#1,594
201510#1,996
201610#2,025
201712#1,815
20187#2,673
20197#2,699
20207#2,689
202112#1,798
20229#2,175
20239#2,253
202413#1,728